Cooked-food container



Sept. 9, 1930,

' D. WHITTIER COOKED FOOD CONTAINER Filed June 13, 1928 gwuentoz Patented Sept. 9, 1930 i 1 UNITED STA DONALD WHITTIER, or BEVERLY HILLS, cannon-ma =3 F I oooxnnroon conrarnnn Application filed J'une'i13,

This invention relates to cooked food containers and is more particularly related to a cont-aineradapted to receive cooked food to retain the heat of the food and which food container is of simple and inexpensive con .struction enabling the same to be used in the sale of food previously cooked atfa central 1 location,'such, for example, as at a"delica tessen and carried by the purchaser wherever desired, the construction of the food container being suchas to maintain theheat of the food within the food and-permit the carrying 7 0f more than one article of food.

- An object of this invention is to provide 15 edtoireceive a plurality or multiplicity of a container for food products which is adaptseparate food containers in such a manner as to insulate the food containers to maintain theheat within the food and also to provide such a food container that is of inexpensive construction and may be carried from a point p of central distribution of the food to a point where'it-is to be used. 7

Other objects and advantages of this in vention it is believed will be apparent from a the following detailed description.

In the drawingsz' Figure 1 isa sectional elevation of a food containerlembodying this invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan viewthereof with the individual food containers and the cover of thefcontainer removed.

Figure Sis a detached elevation of an in dividual food container as embodied in this inventioru a In the preferred embodiment of this in vention. illustrated in the accompanying drawings l indicates a tube'which maybe of p 2 having a flange 3 which fits the end of the i 9 any suitable or desirable construction. and is 0 preferably formed of card-board or like ma.-

terial. The tube 1 is provided witha bottom tube 1i Mounted within the bottom 2 are a pair of crossmembers and 5,,which may be formedof wood or any suitable or desirable insulating material such, for example, as cork or balsam wood. A cover 6 exactly similar to thebottom 1 is provided forthe upperend of the tube 1. r

Individual food containers 7 areprovided 192s. Serial No. 235,170.

ATENTcF C Yfff tending flange S-Which isof substantially the samediameter as the interior diameter ofthef tube 1 so that when the containers 7 are: posltioned wlthin the tube 1, there areformed isolated insulating chambers 9 andlO which provide insulating means for preventing a transfer of heat from within the containers 7 to the exterior of the tube 1, and also prevent circulation of air between the chambers 9 and 10.

The bottornof one container 7 fits within a and is supported by the curved portion 11 of the rlange 8 of the container 5 below 1t.

forms a cover forthe container 7 lying im= immediately In this manner each container 7 mediately below it. The tube 1 may be of i any suitable or desirable length and may be formed of a sufiicient length to-take a plurality of containers 7 and when a lesser number of containers 7 are desired by aparticular purchaser, the tube be cut off so as to accommodateljust the correct number of containers 7 to carry the food as required. In

this manner it ispossible to provide a container froma tube '1 while providin only a minimum number of lengths of tubes 1, thereby materially reducingthe cost of the con- .tainers to the dispenser of the food.

Having fully described my invention, it is to be understood that I do" not wish tobe limited'to the "details herein set torth, but my invention isof the full scope of the appended claims. 7 I claim:

1. Ina food container the cornbinaticnof a tube having a bottom and a-cover, 1nd1- V vidual containers mounted within the tube and providing flanges at their upper ends, the upper container being seated upon the flange of the lower container and providing a cover for the lower container, "and the flanges of the containers forming isolated air chambers 100 within the outer containen:

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a tube, a bottom secured to the tube, insulating material mounted on the bottom, a plurality of individual food containers mounted within the first said container, and each of the said food containers providing outwardly extending flanges at their upper ends forming isolated insulating chambers Within said tube.

Signed at Los Angeles, Calif., this 26th day of May, 1928.

DONALD WHITTIER.

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